Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Unfortunately, a lot of people were not able to see past Larry Bird's color and didn't acknowledge the greatness that he displayed throughout his career. It wasn't until he was long retired when people began removing their racists goggles and giving him all of the respect and credit he deserved and appreciate what he did for the game.....This is what I see with President Obama.
This guy has revamped the economy, brought the stock and housing market back to its feet, saved the auto industry, created universal health care, killed Osama Bin Laden, decreased the unemployment rate, increased jobs growth and many others, but people continue to HATE him and disbelieve his successes as President.
Obama is caring, charismatic, intelligent, cool, calm, collective, and he has the propensity to take crap like no other President without blinking an eye.
People don't appreciate it now, but wait until we go back to the dull, dry, out of touch type of Presidents we have had in the past..........You will be longing, wishing and bragging about the days of Obama, you Fox watching fools!
The difference is that Larry Bird rose from his humble beginnings to become a legitimate leader who accomplished great things and didn't lie his ass off during his days in the NBA.
Barack Obama began lying his ass off before he even made it out of his humble beginnings, and hasn't stopped lying since.
Barack Obama will never be the "Larry Bird" of anything.
Obama will be seen as another Jimmy carter leaving the nation to recovery domestically ; having blown 800 billion stimulus and now foreign policy a mess. He now has more problems with democrats than republicans because the paid the election price for the failures.
Onumbnuts sucks at being a POTUS, a Black Man, a White Man. No wonder The FLOTUS always has that sourasspuss look on her face. Needs a real man to give her some LD.
If Obama knew that knew that homosexuals could one day marry would he have waited?
The difference is that Larry Bird rose from his humble beginnings to become a legitimate leader who accomplished great things and didn't lie his ass off during his days in the NBA.
Barack Obama began lying his ass off before he even made it out of his humble beginnings, and hasn't stopped lying since.
Barack Obama will never be the "Larry Bird" of anything.
He is the two time President of the United States of America
I've often compared him to Jackie Robinson of baseball fame. Like Robinson, Obama was the best person to break the color barrier in presidential politics. He is intelligent and classy and doesn't rise to the bait that conservatives continually chum the waters with. He didn't let the slurs and ridiculous roadblocks they threw in his way slow him down or distract him from his goals, he just sidestepped them and continue on.
You are right, years from now, when the country has outgrown its racist past, history will view him in a very favorable light.
Remember this? And Obama isn't African American; he is a mulatto.
Like I said, the Larry Bird of the Presidency. Bush was derided because he was Bush, Obama caused a whole movement to begin before he even took office.......Tea Bag Party.
Pretty much every response will be negative here, but we will revisit this thread in a few years. If everyone appreciated Obama today, I would have called this the Michael Jordan/ Magic Johnson thread.....duh!
You like tea bags enough to get dunked? Why bring it up?
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
